2.1 ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.1
Average number of people usually resident per household.
3672, VIC · Postcode
Family & Households in 3672, VIC
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 40% of homes in postcode 3672 are lived in by couples without children, making it the most common household type. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a higher share of single-parent families compared to the rest of the country.
2.1
▼ -4.5%
- 1.0: 3 areas
- 1.1: 1 area
- 1.2: 0 areas
- 1.3: 1 area
- 1.4: 1 area
- 1.5: 4 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 16 areas
- 1.8: 28 areas
- 1.9: 61 areas
- 2.0: 101 areas
- 2.1: 182 areas
- 2.2: 257 areas
- 2.3: 365 areas
- 2.4: 338 areas
- 2.5: 338 areas
- 2.6: 233 areas
- 2.7: 223 areas
- 2.8: 157 areas
- 2.9: 127 areas
- 3.0: 75 areas
- 3.1: 49 areas
- 3.2: 40 areas
- 3.3: 13 areas
- 3.4: 10 areas
- 3.5: 6 areas
- 3.6: 3 areas
- 3.7: 1 area
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 0 areas
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 0 areas
- 4.2: 1 area
All postcode areas, 2021. The marker is 3672, VIC — lower than 86% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
Small households are very common here, with 36% of people living alone—a figure far above the national average. This helps explain why the typical home has just 2.1 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
36.0% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 32.8%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →3672, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 people (39%) and 1 person (36%), with 3 people at 11%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single-parent families make up 17.9% of the total, which is well above the Victorian and national figures. This has remained steady since 2011, while couples with children make up the largest family group at 41.5%.
17.9% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →3672, VIC splits fairly evenly between Couples with children (41%) and Couples without children (40%), with One-parent families at 18%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in 3672, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3672/3672-vic/topic/family-households